[Rockhounds] Gemfield, NV and Nuclear Waste routes

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Grant
>Are you talking about the place near Goldfield, in Esmralda  Co.?

Yes,  Gemfield, NV is about nine miles from the town of Goldfield,  NV
Teresa 
Since my original posting I did some net searching and found a letter from  
Metallic Goldfield, a mining group, which owns/operates various claims in the  
Goldfield area, including one or more in Gemfield.  The letter, see link,  is 
requesting revision of, or reconsideration to the EIS, Environmental Impact  
Study for what is called the "Mina Route".  the letter is Dated December 1,  
2006
_http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/transport/scoping/comments/MPCRD060082.pdf_ 
(http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/transport/scoping/comments/MPCRD060082.pdf)  
They talk about the "Mina Route" option, which would bring a new rail line  
from Hawthorne over the top of the Gemfield deposit to Yucca  Mtn.
 
_http://www.yuccamountain.org/image/mina-route-map_s.jpg_ 
(http://www.yuccamountain.org/image/mina-route-map_s.jpg)  

 The deposit, of which they speak, is the gold, which they are mining,  
however the proximity to the agate beds would also be a problem.
Other references _Click here:  Eureka County, Nevada -- Yucca Mountain.org -- 
What's New_ (http://www.yuccamountain.org/new.htm) 
Have much more information than you all would like me to list here.
In summary, from what I can tell, it seems that this is ten or more  years 
off.
This doesn't quite fit the urgency described by the flintnapping gentlemen  
from Bishop, CA, who I met in Gemfield.
Thanks,
Bob
 



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